SANS Jobs in England

SANS Institute
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 778 1021
Rank change year-on-year -32 +243 -255
Permanent jobs citing SANS 55 123 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.060% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.43% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 35 76 109
10th Percentile £38,000 £53,250 £49,100
25th Percentile £47,336 £67,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £106,563 £105,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £123,125 £122,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year -22.67% -1.64% +8.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in England.

Salary trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in England

SANS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +73 22 £72,500 -25.64% 7
North of England - 14 £56,500 - 2
Midlands -15 8 £58,000 -17.14% 1
Yorkshire - 8 £56,500 -
West Midlands -14 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
South West -30 6 - -
North East - 6 £40,000 -
South East -49 3 £60,000 -20.00% 2
East Midlands -19 2 £44,225 -36.82%
East of England -2 1 - -
SANS
UK

SANS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (52.73%) Azure
2 15 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.45%) AWS
3 14 (25.45%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (25.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (25.45%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (25.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.82%) IaaS
6 1 (1.82%) PaaS
6 1 (1.82%) SaaS
6 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (63.64%) Firewall
2 29 (52.73%) Network Security
3 20 (36.36%) LAN
3 20 (36.36%) WAN
4 19 (34.55%) TCP/IP
5 16 (29.09%) Wireshark
6 3 (5.45%) VPN
7 2 (3.64%) DHCP
7 2 (3.64%) DNS
7 2 (3.64%) NX-OS
8 1 (1.82%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) GitLab
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.18%) Finance
2 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Manufacturing
4 8 (14.55%) Marketing
5 7 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (10.91%) Law
7 4 (7.27%) Retail
8 3 (5.45%) Legal
9 2 (3.64%) Advertising
10 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Security Engineer
2 18 (32.73%) Senior
3 15 (27.27%) Lead
4 13 (23.64%) Architect
5 12 (21.82%) Analyst
6 11 (20.00%) Information Security Engineer
7 10 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 9 (16.36%) Team Leader
9 8 (14.55%) Security Analyst
9 8 (14.55%) Senior Security Engineer
10 7 (12.73%) Security Architect
11 6 (10.91%) Lead Architect
12 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 5 (9.09%) Senior Architect
13 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 4 (7.27%) Security Manager
14 3 (5.45%) Senior Analyst
15 2 (3.64%) Risk Analyst
15 2 (3.64%) Senior Security Analyst
15 2 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (47.27%) Management Information System
2 14 (25.45%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (14.55%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (14.55%) IoT
3 8 (14.55%) Public Cloud
4 5 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 5 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (9.09%) Replication
5 4 (7.27%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (7.27%) Digital Media
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.64%) NHS
6 2 (3.64%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.64%) PKI
7 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.73%) Windows
2 14 (25.45%) Android
2 14 (25.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (63.64%) Information Security
3 29 (52.73%) SIEM
4 21 (38.18%) Security Management
5 20 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
5 20 (36.36%) Roadmaps
6 19 (34.55%) Cloud Security
6 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (30.91%) Information Security Management
7 17 (30.91%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (29.09%) Agile
8 16 (29.09%) Data Loss Prevention
8 16 (29.09%) DevOps
8 16 (29.09%) Security Operations
8 16 (29.09%) Validation
9 15 (27.27%) Process Improvement
9 15 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (25.45%) Key Management
10 14 (25.45%) Privileged Access Management
10 14 (25.45%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (58.18%) Python
2 24 (43.64%) PowerShell
3 6 (10.91%) Bash
3 6 (10.91%) C
3 6 (10.91%) Java
3 6 (10.91%) R
3 6 (10.91%) Scala
3 6 (10.91%) SQL
4 2 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (89.09%) CISSP
2 21 (38.18%) CISA
3 20 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (30.91%) CEH
4 17 (30.91%) GIAC
5 14 (25.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (25.45%) CCSP
5 14 (25.45%) SSCP
6 13 (23.64%) CISM
6 13 (23.64%) Degree
7 12 (21.82%) CRISC
8 11 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (12.73%) AWS Certification
11 6 (10.91%) CISMP
12 5 (9.09%) Azure Certification
13 4 (7.27%) CCNA
13 4 (7.27%) CCNP
13 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
13 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (49.09%) NIST
2 25 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (41.82%) PCI DSS
4 6 (10.91%) GDPR
5 5 (9.09%) GRC
5 5 (9.09%) HIPAA
6 4 (7.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (5.45%) NCSC
7 3 (5.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (3.64%) COBIT
8 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.64%) GLBA
9 1 (1.82%) GxP
9 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (25.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (14.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.64%) vSphere
4 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (25.45%) Nmap
3 3 (5.45%) Terraform
4 2 (3.64%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.64%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (41.82%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.45%) Qualys
2 14 (25.45%) Rapid7
2 14 (25.45%) Splunk
2 14 (25.45%) Thycotic
3 3 (5.45%) VMware
4 2 (3.64%) Cisco
4 2 (3.64%) Sophos
4 2 (3.64%) Zscaler